Pattern of changes in the activity of enzymes of GDP-D-mannuronic acid synthesis and in the level of transcription of algA, algC and algD genes accompanying the loss and emergence of mucoidy in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 105-116

  Tavares, Isabel M ^a   Leitão, Jorge H ^a   Fialho, Arsénio M ^a   Sá Correia, Isabel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alginate; Alginate gene transcription; Enzymatic activity; GDP D mannuronic acid synthesis; Mucoid phenotype; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE MANNOSE; MANNOSE PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0032709367     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(99)80028-X     Document Type: Article

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